Reclining-chair.



F. M. DAVIS.

REGLINING GBLAIR. APPLIUATIDN IIALED MAR. 13, 1908.

903,361. Patented" Nov. 10, 1908.

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FRANCIS M. DAVIS, OF OARTHAGE, TEXAS.

BE CLINING-CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carthage, in the county of Panola and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining-Chairs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention is designed to provide a chair, particularlyadapted for the use of barbers and which may be adjusted to any heightor moved from an upright to a reclining position, or vice versa.

The invention relates most especially to the foot rest and adjunctiveparts, whereby when the chair is moved from an upright into a recliningposition, the foot rest may be adjusted to occupy an elevated position,and when the chair is returned to an upright position, the foot restautomatically assumes a horizontal position and is prevented fromtipping, when the weight of the person is placed thereon, as whenmounting or leaving the chair.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor eifecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention in its adaptationto a barbers chair, the latter occupying an upright position. Fig. 2 isa perspective view showing the position of the foot rest when elevatedand the chair moved to a reclining position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view,showing more clearly the relation of the foot rest and leg section whenthe latter is pendent. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing there lation of the parts when the leg section is moved to a horizontalposition and the foot rest elevated.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and inclicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The chair is mounted upon a stand 1, both to revolve and to movevertically and comprises a seat 2, back 3, arms 4, leg section 5Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Serial No. 420,847.

and foot rest 6. The seat is provided at four corners with verticalextensions 7 to which the back 3 and leg section 5 are pivoted so as toswing from a vertical into a horizontal position, and vice versa. Theleg sec tion 5 embodies side pieces and an upholstered portion, the sidepieces consisting of metal bars which have pivotal connection with thefront extensions 7 of the seat at 8 and which are extended beyond saidpivot points 8 and have pivot connection with the front ends of the arms4, the parts being arranged to admit of the back and leg sectionoccupying an approximately horizontal position and the arms 4 beingslightly elevated above the plane of the back and seat, when the chairis adjusted to occupy a reclining position.

Arms 9 project forward from the lower end of the leg section and thefoot rest 6 is pivoted thereto at 10, shoulders 11 and 12 being providedat the ends of the arms 9 upon opposite sides of the axis 10 of the footrest, said shoulders forming stops to limit the movement of the footrest in one direction in conjunction with a stop 13 at each end of thefoot rest. When the chair is adjusted to occupy a reclining position,the foot rest may be turned to occupy an elevated position, the stops 13resting upon the shoulders or stops 11. YVhen the chair occupiesanupright position, the foot rest assumes a horizontal position, the stops13 engaging with the stops or shoulders 12.

From the foregoing, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, itwill be understood that any weight placed upon the foot rest in the rearof the axis 10, when the foot rest is in the position shown in Figs. 1and 3 will tend to turn said foot rest and cause the rear portion tomove downward and the front portion to rise. To prevent any casualtyarising from this condition, means are provided to engage with the rearportion of the foot rest and act in conjunction with the stops 13 and 12to hold the foot rest in horizontal position. The means consist of abrace 14 which is pivoted at 15 to the leg section 5, so that when thechair is adjusted into an upright position, the lower endof the brace 14will engage with the rear portion of the foot rest and support the same.The lower end of the brace 14 curves forward so as to underlap the rearportion of the foot rest, said brace automatically assuming the positionshown in Figs.

1 and 4. As the chair is moved to cause the leg section to assume ahorizontal position, the lower end of the brace ll swings from under thefoot rest, thereby admitting of said foot rest being turned upon itsaxis 10 so as to assume the position shown in Figs.

2 and 4. When moving the chair from a reclining position into an uprightposition, the brace automatically assumes the position shown in Figs. 1and 3, and a moment before the leg section reaches a vertical positionthe foot rest automatically turns and assumes a horizontal position andis engaged by the forwardly curved portion of the brace 14:, which hasby this time assumed a position to engage under the rear portion of thefoot rest and support the same. The automatic movement of the foot restis due to the mounting of the latter so that the weight forward of aline passed vertically through the axis 10 is greater than the weight inthe rear of said vertical line.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a chair, the combination of a pivoted leg section, a foot restpivoted to said leg section, cooperating stops between the foot rest andleg section, and a brace pivoted at one end to the leg section andhaving its opposite end curved and adapted to engage K v p i V

